Re: News - OCZ Vertex 4 SSDs receive BIG boost with firmware v1.4RC

Yeah it was, which means there is no excuse for it to be any worse than other Marvell drives like the m4, and in some benches it was way off the pace until now. Rushed out the door again and fixed later by the looks of it. If the differentiator is the quality of your firmware you need to get it right on release, not months later!

Re: News - OCZ Vertex 4 SSDs receive BIG boost with firmware v1.4RC

Originally Posted by Biscuit

But how does that differ to the amount of work/control that goes into sandforce controller based drives?

Sandforce drives usually use barely modified reference firmware, the Intel 520/330 are the notable exceptions. Intel put their firmware through months of testing, and the result is they made a good job of it and it's had good reviews... That's a reason I'd probably buy Intel drives right now, I'd have one in my main PC but when I built it the next most-reliable but still fast choice seemed to be Crucial. I've avoided the smaller manufacturers, they just seem to unreliable for my £.